There’s an understood dichotomy in the world of cooking ... good fats and bad fats. The good fats are low in, well, fat. They’re derived from plants and can convey benefits like anti-inflammatory ...

More research is needed to draw conclusions—either good or bad. But all of ... it comes to cooking or frying food, the type of saturated fats found in coconut oil may make it a healthier choice ...

studies show it can increase "bad" cholesterol. Some claim that the mixture of fats in coconut oil still make it a healthy option, but the AHA says there is no good-quality evidence for this.

This addition of anti-oxidants and heavy cooking might be the reason that copra oil is not as bad as expected when thinking ... formation of peroxides which are not good for human health, he says.

From seed oils to olive oil, we now have an overwhelming choice of what to cook with. Here’s how they all stack up, according ...

According to Senka Orec, an esthetician at ANNEMARIE BÖRLIND, coconut oil works as a gentle makeup remover—particularly effective around the delicate eye area. Orec suggests using a tiny amount as a ...

However, other reports claim that coconut oil is good for your heart, because it reduces levels of the harmful form of cholesterol, LDL. LDL cholesterol is so-called ‘bad’ cholesterol ...